Archive for the ‘Jack Swarbrick’ Tag

Yes, Brian Kelly, you are an embarrassment to my alma mater, the University of Notre Dame. I didn’t put myself about $100,000 into debt to go to a university with an excellent football program. I didn’t put myself that far into debt to go to an university with a reputation for academic excellence and for integrity. I put myself that far into debt to go to a very unique university that was both.

Brian Kelly has managed to turn a university that excels at football and operates with integrity to one that does neither. However, this has gotten well beyond Brian Kelly, and that is why the title of this post starts with “You” instead of with “Brian Kelly.”

John B. “Jack” Swarbrick, you are also an embarrassment to my alma mater. You continue to stand firmly behind a coach who has brought nothing but negative attention to the university both on and off the field. Even if you decide to fire Brian Kelly within the next week, it has gone on too long. You’ve allowed Notre Dame to become a place that just isn’t that special anymore.

Rev. John I. Jenkins, CSC, you are also an embarrassment to my alma mater. Under your tenure, you have allowed an athletic director and a football coach to turn Notre Dame into a place that I’m no longer proud of. I used to be very proud to tell people that I’m not just a Notre Dame fan, now I just brag that I’m married to an Ivy Tech grad.

There are a few more people who are an embarrassment to my alma mater:

John J. Brennan

John F. Affleck-Graves

Rev. José E. Ahumada F., C.S.C.

Carlos J. Betancourt

Stephen J. Brogan

Thomas G. Burish

Monique Y. Caron

Katie Washington Cole

Rev. Austin I. Collins, C.S.C.

Robert Costa

Scott S. Cowen

Robert J. Cronin, Jr.

Thomas J. Crotty, Jr.

Karen McCartan DeSantis

James J. Dunne III

James F. Flaherty III

Celeste Volz Ford

Stephanie A. Gallo

William M. Goodyear

Nancy M. Haegel

Enrique Hernandez, Jr.

Carol Hank Hoffmann

Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.

Most Rev. Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C., D.D.

John W. Jordan II

Diana Lewis

Thomas G. Maheras

Andrew J. McKenna, Jr.

Fergal Naughton

Richard C. Notebaert

Richard A. Nussbaum II

Rev. Thomas J. O’Hara, C.S.C.

Rev. Gerard J. Olinger, C.S.C.

Cindy K. Parseghian

J. Christopher Reyes

Kenneth Ricci

Clare Stack Richer

Martin W. Rodgers

James E. Rohr

Shayla Keough Rumely

Rev. John J. Ryan, C.S.C.

Rev. Timothy R. Scully, C.S.C.

Byron O. Spruell

Phyllis W. Stone

Timothy F. Sutherland

Anne E. Thompson

Sara Martinez Tucker

Roderick K. West

Ann C. Williams

These are the members of the Board of Trustees. Thanks to them, the Notre Dame I loved and paid dearly to attend is a thing of the past. I feel robbed, both emotionally and financially. I would ask for my money back, but if I gave them my phone number I’d just get dozens of calls from them asking me for money. If you are one of the people on this list and do manage to read this, I’d be happy to hear why you don’t think you are an embarrassment to my alma mater, just so long as you don’t ask me for money in the process.